COMSMEDIA MAGAZINE 2ND EDITION

6 I COMSMEDIA MAGAZINE
MONDAY, AUGUST 4 - SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2020.
Bayern vs Chelse
Champions Leagu
What happened in the first leg?
What happened in the first leg?
Bayern blew the Blues away on 25 February.
Serge Gnabry struck twice in four
early second-half minutes, but it was the
visitors’ third that was the pick of the
bunch. Philippe Coutinho released the
outstanding Alphonso Davies with a cute
flick and his cross was buried by Robert
Lewandowski.
Possible line-ups
Bayern: Neuer; Kimmich, Boateng,
Alaba, Davies; Thiago, Goretzka; Gnabry,
Müller, Coman; Lewandowski
Out: Pavard (ankle)
Misses next game if booked: Kimmich,
Thiago Players added to squad:
Arrey-Mbi, Musiala, Tillman Players removed
from squad: Mai, Batista Meier,
Singh, Zirkzee.
Chelsea: Caballero; Rüdiger, Christensen,
Zouma; James, Kovačić, Barkley,
Emerson; Mount, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi
Out: Alonso (suspended), Jorginho
(suspended), Loftus-Cheek (hamstring),
Pulišić (hamstring), Azpilicueta (hamstring),
Pedro (shoulder), Gilmour (knee)
Doubts: Kanté (hamstring), Willian
(unspecified)
Misses next game if booked: Azpilicueta,
Zouma
Players added to squad: none
Players removed from squad: none
Expert predictions
Jordan Maciel, Bayern reporter: Bayern
took a big step towards the quarter-finals
at Stamford Bridge and established themselves
as one of the tournament favourites.
Hansi Flick’s side have gone from strength
to strength since, romping to the German
double amid a 17-match winning run.
Chelsea have nothing to lose and an early
goal may reignite this tie, but the hosts are
simply too strong to let their commanding
lead slip.
Jon Phipps, Chelsea reporter: Chelsea
already faced an uphill battle after being
outclassed by Bayern in west London –
and now are down to the bare bones after
losing three players to injury in their
FA Cup final defeat by Arsenal, including
their skipper César Azpilicueta and the
outstanding Christian Pulišić. It seems
unlikely N’Golo Kanté will be risked after
seven games out as well, so the Blues are
short of options. They may have the edge
in match fitness having only just finished
their domestic campaign, but it’s going to
be a really tough task.
Bayern
Form: WWWWW (all competitions,
most recent first).
Where they finished: 1st in Bundesliga,
German Cup winners
Chelsea
Form: LWLWW
Where they stand: 4th in Premier
League, FA Cup finalists
Previous meetings
• In the 2012 UEFA Champions League
final, Thomas Müller’s 83rd-minute header
had seemingly given Jupp Heynckes’
Bayern victory at their Fußball Arena
München home, but five minutes later
Didier Drogba headed an equaliser for
a Chelsea team managed by Roberto Di
Matteo. Former Blues winger Arjen Robben
had an extra-time penalty saved by
Petr Čech and there was more spot-kick
misery for Bayern in the shoot-out, despite
Juan Mata’s miss. Čech saved from Ivica
Olić and Bastian Schweinsteiger, leaving
Drogba to convert the decisive kick and
give Chelsea a 4-3 penalty triumph. Lampard
scored Chelsea’s third attempt while
Manuel Neuer converted from the spot
for Bayern, for whom Jérôme Boateng
played 120 minutes.
• Bayern were victorious in the 2013
UEFA Super Cup between the teams, at
the Eden Arena in Prague. A Bayern side
then coached by Josep Guardiola twice
came from behind, Franck Ribéry (47)
and Javi Martínez (120+1) cancelling out
goals from Fernando Torres (8) and Eden
Hazard (93) to force another penalty
shoot-out against José Mourinho’s Chelsea.
Bayern ran out 5-4 winners on spot
kicks after Chelsea’s Romelu Lukaku had
the tenth penalty of the shoot-out saved
by Neuer. David Alaba scored Bayern’s
first kick; Lampard again converted Chelsea’s
third.
• Bayern and Chelsea first met in the
2004/05 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals,
Mourinho’s Blues prevailing 6-5